Applet security question
Hi,
I was given the following instructions by a company when I contacted their tech support to ask why their applet was giving me warning dialog boxes saying that their certification had expired:
+++ BEGIN QUOTE +++
Go to c:\program files\javasoft\jre\1.3\lib\security\java.policy and open with Notepad.
Insert the following at the top of this file:
grant {permission java.security.AllPermission;};
// Standard extensions get all permissions by default
This comment line above should already be in the file and should be used as a reference point. Save the file and try the web client again.
+++ END QUOTE +++
Can anyone tell me what this actually does?
I'm concerned that it will affect more than just my interaction with the company's applet (i.e., other company's applets).
Thanks.
Wow that's scary and BAD BAD advice. If you do that, then ANY and ALL applets can get access to your local system (including ones with nefarious plans to delete operating system files, etc.)
The correct way is this:
grant codeBase "file:c:/somepath/dir/-" {
permission java.security.AllPermission;
(assuming it's a file path)
If its an applet from a specific domain:
grant codeBase "http://www.somedomain.com/-" {
permission java.security.AllPermission;
NEVER ever do what they said.
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